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15 Reasons Why You Should Learn To Relax

Every where you go you see ‘life’ being busy all around you. Whether you are working or have children (or both!), maybe you are retired or just lead a hectic social lifestyle. Whenever you are busy, your body is doing … Read More

Recipe: Chocolate Orange Indulgence Brownies

Rich, gooey and chocolatey. 3 words that should always describe a perfectly made chocolate brownie. However here at Dimpsey Glamping we like to go that one step further on the indulgence level and add a hint of orange to the … Read More

Dimpsey Glamping brings even more luxury to your stay with the addition of the Hikki Hot Tub!

Who doesn’t love a bit of nature, and of course, luxury? And if you can combine the two, then why not we say! So imagine our delight when we came across Hikki. Hikki aim to bring indoors, out. Through previous … Read More

Have your own private festival at the Dimpsey Glamping Shepherd’s Hut

Regular Dimpsey followers will know that like the lands at the top of the tree in Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree book – the Dimpsey shepherd’s hut moves on to different looks regularly. As June heralds Glastonbury Festival, held in … Read More

Recipe: Hot Smoked Salmon

Thank you very much to Juliet from The Garden Oven Company for this recipe and blog post 🙂 Hello to you all at Dimpsey and everyone reading this… We were given this fantastic recipe from our lovely friend April Partridge. It … Read More

Garden oven fun here at Dimpsey Glamping!

We were delighted when Jay & Juliet Larson came to stay with us at Dimpsey Glamping and as the inventors of the Garden Oven, give us a masterclass in how to use the oven.  They seemed to love our shepherd’s … Read More

Recipe: Butternut Squash Risotto

This autumnal/wintery risotto certainly brings a ray of warm sunshine to our kitchen when I make it! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do 🙂 Serves 4. Ingredients Juice and zest of 1 lemon Salt sand freshly … Read More

Appreciating where we are, loving the land.

I am currently sitting in my kitchen with a cup of tea working away on my iPad and feeling very content. Why? As I sit here and look around, I feel the warmth from memories and history that this farm … Read More

The origins of the word “Shepherd”

Seeing as we have our own Shepherd Hut here at Dimpsey, we thought it would be an idea to look at the very beginning and the origin of the word Shepherd. Shepherd – a person who tends to, looks after … Read More

Happy 2016 from Dimpsey Glamping!

Wow the first week of 2016 is already almost over and we have been looking over the past year with a sense of achievement and more importantly a huge smile on our faces. We accomplished so much in 2015, overcame … Read More

Getting ‘hygge’ in the Dimpsey Hut

Here at Dimpsey we’re always looking at ways that we can make your experience even cosier, more relaxing and as chilled out as possible. Recently we’ve been slightly obsessed with the art of Danish ‘hygge’, which is hard to explain and even … Read More

Dimpsey Glamping wins Good Web Guide Award

Dimpsey Glamping in Chard, Somerset has won the Positive Social and Environmental Impact Website Award, sponsored by Positive Luxury, at the annual Good Web Guide Awards held in London last night. Dimpsey Glamping, which is run by Somerset couple Emma … Read More